Scirocco Breeze

I don't know because we didn't get to Southampton till around midday, but we debarked around 10am and people were definitely already arriving at the terminal. We weren't last off, but not far off last so if I had to guess, I'd say embarkation would be good to go by 11.

I embarked at mayflower last month..very smooth. Short queue to check in, very short sit down before being allowed to board.

Well the Love Boat branding makes SO much more sense now 😂

I love that it was a real thing! Thank you ❤️

It makes sense that it was, but also I could see an argument for sharing to reduce costs 🤔

Whilst on Sky recently we watched the first episode of The Love Boat and 2 single women who were strangers to one another where sharing a cabin. Was that a thing that happened to solo travellers in the past? Or just fiction for the show?

Of all the times! I have a cruise starting on Sunday and now the stupid app doesn't want to open 🤬

I ordered water a couple of hours ago, no issues. Also a Southampton departure.

Who knows, it could be true, it just doesn't feel true to me. But then I live in a country that is lied to by the press every damn day about the EU so 🤷

Hmmm, that does not ring true. Italy is in the EU, so would have to comply with EU safety regs, which are generally very high.

There is a UK TA I have used one time only who takes final payment way in advance of Princess final payment date, and holds onto your money. They had £8k if my cash at one point last year causing me no end of stress. It was paid in time but I was not super happy.

That's the one yes. I think I'm going to stay happy with the room we have booked.

They have premium ocean view apparently, with floor to ceiling windows...looks nice, I'd insert a screenshot if I knew how 😂 edit to add...deck 17

I'm sailing in an interior cabin on Sky next week. Yesterday I got a third email inviting me to bid for an upgraded room. On previous cruises I've been lucky to receive even 1 such email, so now I'm wondering if I'm going to be on a half empty ship 😂 Is this something that often happens, and I've just not seen it before? I'm also wondering whether to put in a very low ball bid now, because they keep tempting me 🤦‍♀️

Honestly, I don't mind lunch being a slower affair. My working day involves grabbing something in haste and eating on the run so when I'm on a cruise I am more then happy to take my time. I've not yet sailed on Sun so I can't say how much it slows things down, we need to find people who have and ask them. It seemed to work pretty well when I sailed on Sky immediately post covid though.

I'd like an adults only Royal Class ship, definitely keep the International cafe in the piazza area. I love sitting with a coffee watching the world go by. I'd like to see an hour or so each evening given over to ballroom dancing. It's very pleasing watching ordinary people dancing or even just trying to dance such graceful dances. I need the ship to be no smoking anywhere. Full promenade deck with plenty of seating available. I would like the buffet to be like the Sun, not self service. And since this is a fantasy wishlist, I'd like to be able to get a lounger near the pool any time I want. And finally, on my fantasy ship, there is ZERO upselling!

It will be brilliant! Well done on taking the leap xx

I've spent more time than can be considered reasonable for a responsible adult approaching the wrong door on cruises 🤦I've been turned around multiple times by our various cabin stewards. Door decorations would have been a brilliant idea 😂 Editing to add, because the conversation took quite a turn, I don't have any mental health or cognitive issues, just a lifelong poor sense of direction! My brother used to mock me for "never going directly anywhere, just circling it a few times before taking it by suprise" Sat nav is my favourite technology.

Everybody is very tetchy today! We all need a lovely cruise ⛴️ 😘

Speaking as a European, I'm horrified by that! Ugh, that could be my deal breaker, I can't bear the smell of cigarette smoke. This seems like a very poor decision.

At this point it's unclear why anyone would want to 🤷

We got "upgraded" on Diamond last year. I caught it fairly quickly and called our TA...the upgrade placed us underneath a noisy venue. We weren't able to get our original carefully chosen room back but we got one close by. I dread to think how it would have gone if I'd not spent so much time checking details, it's not good that this is a normal thing Princess will do. Where is the care for their paying customers in all of this?

My first ever Princess cruise was post COVID in 2021, and nothing was self service. It worked brilliantly, presumably a lot of extra staff were needed though. So as long as the staff numbers are high, I'm in favour of this.

What a lovely skill and hobby to have!

Yeah mine is wrong. It's showing Premier when I know I only purchased Plus, and nothing at all where I purchased Premier. I'm choosing to trust that it won't matter once I'm onboard.